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Morocco's Record Tourism Numbers Help Reduce Trade Decifit
09.02.2024 - 12:58 / skift.com / North Africa
Morocco’s annual trade deficit contracted by 7.3% to 286 billion dirhams ($28.6 billion) in 2023, helped by a drop in energy imports and higher tourism revenue, the foreign exchange regulator said in a monthly report.
Imports fell 2.5% from a year earlier to 715 billion dirhams, while exports increased by 0.2% to 429 billion dirhams, the regulator said, adding that remittances from Moroccans abroad and automotive industry exports also helped to improve the trade deficit.
Morocco’s energy imports dropped 20.4% to 122 billion dirhams after a drop both in demand and prices in the international market.
Wheat imports stood at 19.3 billion dirhams, down 25.3%, while ammoniac imports – key for fertiliser production – fell by 58% to 8.8 billion dirhams.
Morocco, which has the world’s largest phosphate reserves, reported a 34% decrease in exports of the mineral and its derivatives, including fertilisers, to 76 billion dirhams.
Home to Stellantis and Renault production plants, Morocco reported a more than 27% gain in automotive sector exports to a record 141 billion dirhams.
Tourism revenue also scaled new peaks, jumping 11.7% to 104 billion dirhams from a record 14.5 million visitors to the country last year.
Key to Morocco’s inflow of hard currency, remittances from Moroccans abroad reached a record 115 billion dirhams, up 4% from 2022.
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